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Black holes, explained without maths

8 videos, 1 h 41

8 videos that explain black holes with pictures, light paths and time, not equations.

  1. 01

    Black Holes Explained – From Birth to Death

    Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

    The shortest complete version, birth to death, with nothing to solve.

  2. 02

    Travel INSIDE a Black Hole

    Vsauce

    Walks you in as a passenger, describing what you would see rather than deriving it.

  3. 03

    How to Understand What Black Holes Look Like

    Veritasium

    Explains why the famous image looks the way it does, using light paths.

  4. 04

    Inside the black hole image that made history | Sheperd Doeleman

    TED

    From the person who led the team that took the photograph.

  5. 05

    Why Time "Stops" in a Black Hole

    But Why?

    Handles time dilation with pictures only, the part that usually needs symbols.

  6. 06

    Why Time and Space swap in a Black Hole

    ScienceClic English

    The clearest animation of space and time trading places past the horizon.

  7. 07

    What Happens at the Event Horizon? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

    PBS Space Time

    The step up in rigour once the pictures stop satisfying you.

  8. 08

    The Black Hole Paradox That Keeps Physicists Awake at Night

    New Scientist

    Ends on the unsolved part, the information paradox physicists still argue about.

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